Despite being targeted by activists for destruction, it’s Chick-fil-A that now has the reason to crow: It’s poised to leapfrog a few major competitors to become our nation’s number-three fast-food chain in terms of sales, remaining behind only McDonald’s and Starbucks.

A nonpartisan trade group representing farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and various labor groups reported on Tuesday that, according to its economic model, Trump’s tariffs on steel “are creating US jobs and stimulating growth,” the opposite of what many mainstream economists predicted. Those new jobs might just be needed if President Trump fails in getting China to change its behavior.

Even Kevin Hassett, chairman of President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisors, fails to grasp the dynamics of the new Trump economy: Five percent growth is not only achievable but increasingly likely.

At the behest of the public transportation and taxi dirvers’ unions, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill into law that regulates ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. It will make customers pay more and wait longer for rides.

State employee pensions, negotiated by greedy public employee unions and rubber-stamped by short-sighted politicians have left several states teetering on the edge of financial insolvency and there is no solution in sight.